u/CryptoNite90 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Oh yeah I don’t even need to take it to know I’ll get a negative score lol. I just started a free bootcamp so it will take a few months to get my technical skills up to par. Would formation be able to help someone like me land a job once I’m done with a bootcamp? Taking into cons
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Yeah possibly we can, bootcamp grads coming to Formation is a small percentage but it happens. Our training itself is full or part time, it's scales to whatever your schedule is.
Yeah we work with you 1-1 to craft your story, help you find the right jobs, refer you where possible, etc... So I'm sure there is some value in your 8 years to get credit for.
It could be a good follow on to a free bootcamp yeah, the main hurdle is the bar is pretty high to enter. Like I said, most people have work experience already, but if you can show you can learn a lot on your own and do well on that assessment for example, we can work with you and be effective.
In terms of practical work, for people with no experience, we have a production-derived codebase, tens of thousands of lines, and you get code reviews from solid engineers. This is very minimal for a resume, but it gives people the confidence to show up to a job and be able to work on an engineering team.
For resume experience, I usually recommend something like Hack4LA to get something on your resume that's real.